After thousands of homes were destroyed, many are looking for ways to make Los Angeles safer from wildfires. But clearing ...

Bird Mimicry Bird that mimic other birds are the cover artists of the bird world, borrowing sounds and tunes from other birds to use as their own. Some mimicry bird species—mockingbirds, thrashers and ...

A proposed Arizona law with bipartisan support would waive immunity for public agencies if they fail to thoroughly background check people they hire.

While scientists were able to save and move some creatures in the aftermath, researchers are worried about the prospects for ...

Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...

In southern California, the mountains around Los Angeles feature chaparral scrub, described by the U.S. Forest Service as “highly flammable.” As residential developments increasingly merge ...

Residents of Marin, and the Bay Area at large, are understandably big fans of the diverse natural landscapes of the coast ...

a fire ecologist with the California Chaparral Institute in Escondido on Jan. 23. Ecosystems are used to this seesaw effect, he said and fire is part of the Mediterranean climate of Southern ...

not California, owns the forest land around the Eaton Fire in Altadena, and the Pacific Palisades is surrounded by chaparral, not overgrown forest. Republicans keep mining the forest management ...

Gavin Newsom chose to protect an “essentially worthless fish called a smelt,” which is only found in Northern California. Trump took more shots at California in his inauguration speech ...

Carlson, who was put into soccer at five years old by her father, Howard, attended the University of California at Berkeley after Chaparral, where she played club soccer. Following her time in ...

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Migrants who were deported from the U.S. stand on El Chaparral pedestrian border bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, late Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) A deportation ...